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by Anna Maria Jakubek Agence France-Presse WARSAW, Poland (AFP) — A new exhibition of child art from post-war Poland and present-day Ukraine shows that armed conflict is always the same for the world’s smallest citizens — no matter the where and the when. “How children perceive war, what they feel, what they convey through their drawings… is quite similar,” curator Dorota Sadowska told AFP. “What you see is suffering, plain and simple.” The outdoor exhibition […]
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AFP) — Volunteer rescuers ran non-stop airlifts to remote areas of Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, seeking to reach victims still stranded two days after a massive 7.6-magnitude earthquake. The quake rattled a broad area of the country’s north, killing at least seven people, but the scale of the disaster is only slowly coming into focus. At least 389 houses collapsed in the town of Madang alone, according to United […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck Abra on Tuesday, Sept. 13. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 12:21 p.m. The epicenter was two kilometers northeast of Bucay. The depth of focus, meanwhile, was 17 kilometers. PHIVOLCS said the earthquake was an aftershock of the 7.0-magnitude quake that hit Northwestern Luzon on July 27. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported: Instrumental Intensities: Intensity III – Bangued, […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – Television honored its biggest stars in Los Angeles on Monday with a gowns-and-tuxedos Emmys gala, back at full strength for the first time in the age of Covid-19. Host Kenan Thompson opened the proceedings with a dance number set to a medley of hit TV show themes, including “Friends” and “Game of Thrones,” before bringing on talk show legend Oprah Winfrey, who lauded “the most successful broadcast medium in […]
Enhanced southwest monsoon to bring rains over western sections of Southern Luzon and Visayas (Eagle News) — Typhoon “Inday” has left the Philippine Area of Responsibility. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, “Inday” left PAR at 12:40 a.m. PAGASA said the center of the tropical depression was estimated 1,720 km east of extreme Northern Luzon. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 45 kph near the center, and a gustiness of […]
by Hillary ORINDE Agence France-Presse NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — William Ruto will be sworn in as Kenya’s president on Tuesday after narrowly winning the coveted job in a bitterly fought but largely peaceful election. About 20 heads of state and thousands of spectators are expected to attend his inauguration at a Nairobi stadium. A notoriously ambitious politician who has been deputy president since 2013, Ruto beat his rival Raila Odinga — who had been backed […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) – A wild kangaroo is suspected of killing a 77-year-old man who was keeping it as a pet, Australian police said Tuesday — reportedly the first fatal roo attack in 86 years. The man, who has not been identified, was found by a relative on Sunday afternoon with “serious injuries” at a property in the sparsely populated southern town of Redmond in Western Australia, police said. “It is believed the man had […]
by Sylvie LANTEAUME Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Ukraine has been a very effective proving ground for the use of contemporary information technology in war, from satellite dishes to smartphone apps, Eric Schmidt, the former Google chief executive, said Monday. Schmidt, now a US government consultant on artificial intelligence, told reporters after a 36-hour visit to the country that the civilian tech sector has been crucial to Kyiv’s defense. The proof came the […]
by Daniel Rook Agence France-Presse MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — The United States on Monday invited Mexico to join a multibillion dollar push to boost semiconductor manufacturing to compete with China, during a visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for high-level economic talks. Officials set aside trade tensions over Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s energy policies and focused instead on the potential benefits from cooperation in microchips and other technology. The Chips […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – NASA is now targeting September 27 as the earliest possible launch date for its uncrewed Artemis 1 mission to the Moon, the agency said in a blog post Monday. The date would depend on engineering teams successfully carrying out a test to fuel up the Space Launch System rocket, and receive a waiver to avoid retesting batteries on an emergency flight system that is used to destroy the rocket if […]
BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) — At least 17 people were killed over the last three days in Colombia in a spate of violent incidents, authorities said, highlighting the huge task facing President Gustavo Petro. In the northern city of Barranquilla, six people were shot dead by gunmen on Monday morning while drinking in a bar. Police said the powerful Gulf Clan drug trafficking gang carried out the attack on members of the rival Los Costenos group. […]
by Huw GRIFFITH Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The glitzy Emmy Awards kicked off in Hollywood on Monday with A-listers in their gowns and tuxedos for the first full gala honoring television’s best after several years of Covid-limited productions. Host Kenan Thompson opened the proceedings with a dance number set to a medley of TV show themes, including “Friends” and “Game of Thrones,” before bringing on talk show legend Oprah Winfrey, who […]
